INCREAS PROFITABILITY OF BRANCH profit center Definition A business unit or department which is treated as a distinct entity enabling revenues and expenses to be determined so that profitability can be measured. Distinctly identifiable department or unit that contributes to the overall financial results of a firm. Where adequate cost accounting systems are in place‚ profit centers are given responsibility to target certain percentages of the total revenue and are given adequate authority
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do. There are usually a small amount of large firms and they usually control the market. Competitive firms will use the firms marginal cost to produce the price. The price of the good must be lower than the cost to produce it. To maximize the profits is when the price is equal to the marginal cost of production. The competitive firm must be producing at the point where price equals marginal cost. In monopoly firms they cannot just set a high price for their good because the customers will completely
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Overview 2 2.1 VMOST 3 3.0 Evaluation of the External Business Environment 5 3.1 PEST Analysis 5 3.2 Porter’s Five (5) Forces 6 3.3 Industry Life Cycle 7 3.4 Key Success Factors 8 3.5 Competitor Analysis 11 3.6 Degree of Turbulence 13 3.7 Opportunities & Threats 14 4.0 Evaluation of the Internal Business Environment 16 4.1 Resource Audit 16 4.2 Value chain Analysis 17 4.3 Mc Kinsey 7-S Model 21 4.4 GE Matrix 23 4.5 VRIO Framework 25 4.6 Core Competencies
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amount of profit‚ as well as the sales growing 6% every year could make luxury goods industry one of the highest profitable market in the world. The industry has seven main product categories which are; leather goods‚ footwear‚ high-end apparel‚ silks‚ watches‚ jewelry and perfume. The target group of this industry is women in the upper income brackets between the ages of 30 and 50. However‚ in Asia‚ most customers are women between ages 21-25. In the past‚ most designer tried to focus on timeless
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if firm 1 builds 2 plants and firm 2 builds 4 plants‚ the market price will be 9 − (2 + 4) = 3 per unit. At this price firm 1 will make a profit of 2 × 3 − 2 × 3.5 = −1 while firm 2 will make a profit of 4×3−4×3.5 = −2. Assume‚ no firm will build more than 4 plants. Cost (Q) = 3.5 * Q Price = 9 -(Q1+Q2) 1. Set up a 4-by-4 table that records the profits of each firm for each possible choice of the number of plants to build. Then‚ use your table to answer the questions below. Price Firm
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Economic Profit and Accounting Profit When it comes to business decisions‚ there are many ways to analysis the financial status of a firm. What guidelines determine profit margin? Who uses these guidelines? How is profit used to analysis a firm and its business decisions? This paper will discuss two terms that are used to define profit: accounting profit and economic profit. The first term is called accounting profit which uses the equa-tion. The second term for profit is economic profit. Economic
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Profits With no Cash University Dr. Sep 10‚ 2014 Profits With no Cash It is regularly a common thing in business to make profits without having any cash due to several aspects of business. This is happening by the non-cash flow adjustments that are recorded as transactions while no cash flows are involved. It is possible to make business transactions without cash involvement. In credit transactions‚ cash is not usually transacted but the transactions are usually recorded therefore if
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“Father of Profitability.” He was the first to describe in detail the double-entry bookkeeping‚ a process that plays an integral role in the development of capitalism as it allows us to calculate profits (Fischer‚ 2000). According to Pacioli‚ the hallmark of a successful business is what he calls the profit motive. This is the notion that successful business men and women must acknowledge and be influenced by the spiritual aspects of their lives. Or more specifically‚ Pacioli maintained that business
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WHAT ARE COSTS AND PROFITS? HUNGRY HELEN’S COOKIE FACTORY • Helen‚ the owner of the cookie factory‚ buys flour‚ sugar‚ flavorings‚ and other cookie ingredients. • She also buys the mixers and the ovens and hires workers to run the equipment. • She then sells the resulting cookies to consumers. 2 TOTAL REVENUE‚ TOTAL COST‚ AND PROFIT • The amount that Helen receives for the sale of its output (cookies) is its total revenue. • The amount that the firm pays to buy inputs (flour‚ sugar‚ workers
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To: John Mackey‚ CEO – Whole Foods Market‚ Inc. From: Re: Whole Foods Competitive Position and Analysis Date: January 26‚ 2011 Introduction Whole Foods Market is a multi-national retailer of organic and natural foods. According to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and Nutrition Business Journal‚ the organic and natural foods industry’s revenue is currently approximately $26 billion in the U.S.1 and $71 billion worldwide2. The OTA says that the organic and natural food category grew between
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